ABSTRACT
The world's second largest reserves of petroleum lie beneath the land-locked Caspian Sea, making the Caucasus of vital importance to both regional and global economic and security interests. This book brings together experts from the US, Russia and the Caucasus to examine the issues of conflict, foreign policy tradeoffs, and security in the region. It takes into account the geopolitical factors, Western and Russian involvement, and the interaction between domestic and external pressures. Crossroads and Conflict looks at the challenges faced by these countries and examines the possibilities for future peace and prosperity in the region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|104 pages
Foreign Policy Development in the Southern Tier
chapter 4|9 pages
Trends of Strategie Thinking in Georgia States
chapter 6|37 pages
Emerging Political Order in the New Caspian States
part Two|78 pages
Conflict in the Caucasus and Central Asian Regions: Oil, Secession, and Questions of Outside Intervention
chapter 9|36 pages
No War, No Peace in the Caucasus
part Three|66 pages
Toward a Solution: Stemming the Flow of Weapons and Controlling Trade as a Policy Tool in the Southern Tier
